Avibase: Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus] (Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus])

Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus]

Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus] (= Xenops mexicanus) Sclater, PL 1857

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Furnariidae
Genus:
   Xenops
Scientific:
  Xenops mexicanus

Original description

Citation:
Sclater, PL 1857

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.24, no.319 p.289

Imprint year:
1856

Protonym:
Xenops mexicanus

Type locality:
Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46214#page/347/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
31CEF156CA10E5B3

Avibase ID:
avibase-31CEF156

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/31CEF156

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 713287

Geographic range:

Xenops mexicanus olivaceus: lowlands of northeastern Colombia
Xenops mexicanus: semi-deciduous to humid forest from the Gulf of Mexico slope in northern Oaxaca and southern Veracruz (Mexico), southeastward across northern Central America to Panama, also in the Pacific slope of Costa Rica eastward to Panama; in South America from northern Colombia and western Venezuela southward along the Río Cauca and Río Magdalena valleys to the departments of Valle del Cauca and Tolima, and west of the Andes southward along the Pacific lowlands of Colombia to far northwestern Peru
Xenops mexicanus mexicanus: tropical southern Mexico to Honduras
Xenops mexicanus ridgwayi: tropical Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama
Xenops mexicanus littoralis: tropical eastern Panama to northwestern Peru (Tumbes)
Xenops mexicanus neglectus: northern Colombia and northern Venezuela
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus]
French:
Sittine du Mexique [incl. olivaceus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus] ( Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Plain Xenops [mexicanus] ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus] ( Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus] ( Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Plain Xenops [mexicanus] ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Plain Xenops [mexicanus] ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Plain Xenops [mexicanus] ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus])
Avilist 2025: Northern Plain Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2025: Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group) ( Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Northern Plain Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Northern Plain Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Northern Plain Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Northern Plain-Xenops ( Xenops mexicanus) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Xenops [genibarbis or mexicanus]

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Bulgarian: Мексикански ксенопс
Danish: Oaxaca Xenops
German: Braunbauch-Baumspäher [mexicanus-Gruppe]
English: Northern Plain Xenops, Northern Plain-Xenops, Northern Xenops [incl. olivaceus], Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group), Plain Xenops [mexicanus]
English (Avilist): Northern Plain-Xenops
English, HBW: Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group)
English (IOC): Northern Plain Xenops, Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group)
English (United States): Northern Plain-Xenops, Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group)
Esperanto: norda ksenopo
Spanish: Picolezna Liso Mexicano, Picolezna Menudo (grupo mexicanus)
Spanish (Argentine): Picolezna Chico [grupo mexicanus]
Spanish (Costa Rica): Xenops Común (grupo mexicanus), Xenops Común [grupo mexicanus], Xenops Común Norteño
Spanish (Ecuador): Xenops Dorsillano [Grupo mexicanus], Xenops Dorsillano Norteño
Spanish (Spain): Picolezna liso mexicano, Picolezna menudo (grupo mexicanus)
Spanish (Honduras): Espigahojas Menudo (grupo mexicanus), Espigahojas Menudo Norteño
Spanish (Mexico): Picolezna Común (grupo mexicanus), Picolezna Común Centroamericano
Spanish (Panama): Xenops Bayo (grupo mexicanus), Xenops Bayo Norteño
Spanish (Peru): Pico-Lezna Simple [grupo mexicanus]
Spanish (Paraguay): Picolezna chico [grupo mexicanus]
Spanish (Venezuela): Pico Lezna Pechirrayado [grupo mexicanus], Pico Lezna Pechirrayado Occidental
French: Sittine brune (groupe mexicanus), Sittine brune (mexicanus), Sittine brune [mexicanus], Sittine d'Illiger [mexicanus], Sittine du Mexique, Sittine du Mexique [incl. olivaceus]
French (Guyane): Sittine brune (groupe mexicanus)
Japanese (romaji): hoojirokamadodori (mexicanus guru-pu)
Japanese: ホオジロカマドドリ (mexicanus グループ), ホオジロカマドドリ（mexicanus グループ）
Scientific: Xenops genibarbis [mexicanus], Xenops genibarbis mexicanus, Xenops mexicanus, Xenops mexicanus [incl. olivaceus], Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group], Xenops minutus [mexicanus], Xenops minutus mexicanus
Dutch: Noordelijke Effen Xenops
Norwegian: brunbukmeiskryper (mexicanus gr.), nordmeiskryper
Polish: pełzacznik białowąsy [gr. mexicanus], pełzacznik północny
Portuguese: bico-virado-setentrional
Portuguese (Portugal): bico-virado-pequeno [grupo mexicanus]
Russian: Малый долотоклюв [группа mexicanus]
Slovak: íverkár klinozobý, íverkár klinozobý (skup.)
Serbian: Severni ksenops
Swedish: grå uppnäbb [gruppen mexicanus], nordlig uppnäbb
Turkish: Düz zenops [mexicanus grubu], Kuzeyli Düz Zenops
Ukrainian: Піколезна мала [група mexicanus]
Chinese: 北纯色翘嘴雀